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Righteous Gentiles in the Hebrew Bible: ancient role models for sacred relationships

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eng

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Righteous Gentiles in the Hebrew Bible: ancient role models for sacred relationships

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Woodstock, Vt

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Jewish Lights Pub

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Includes bibliographical references

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Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin; foreword by Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis; preface by Phyllis Tickle

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Melchizedek: the first righteous Gentile and the first person to bless a Jew -- Hagar and Ishmael: the first woman to hear the divine voice; the first Jewish child to be saved from death -- Tamar: the first teacher of morality to the Jewish people -- Asnat: the first Gentile mother of Jewish children -- Shifrah and Puah: the righteous midwives who invented civil disobedience -- Bityah, Pharaoh's daughter: the mother of Moses and nurturer of the Jewish people -- Jethro: the father-in-law and teacher of Moses -- Rachav: the prostitute who was the first "Gentile Zionist" -- Yael: the gentile warrior who fought for the Israelites -- Hiram: the "contractor" for Solomon's temple -- Naaman: the Syrian general who acknowledged God -- The sailors and the Ninevites: Gentiles who acknowledge God; Gentiles who repent -- Ruth: the classic "convert" to Judaism -- Cyrus, king of Persia: the creator of the second Jewish commonwealth -- Dama ben Netinah: a post - biblical righteous Gentile and exemplar of honoring parents

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Biography ، Bible

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Criticism, interpretation, etc ، Bible

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، Righteous Gentiles in the Bible

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، Gentiles in the Old Testament

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، Justice )Jewish theology(

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4591 -

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Salkin, Jeffrey K

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AU

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